SRI SATHYA SAI HOSTEL, BRINDAVAN

Information for New Entrants - May 2008

1. Sri Sathya Sai Hostel is a home for Higher learning and Higher living for Bhagawan's students. Feel free to make it your home and make the best of your stay here for your personal, spiritual and overall development.
2. When you join the Hostel as a new entrant, you are required to fill the 'Hostel Application Form'. Kindly fill up the form only after carefully reading the enclosed disciplinary regulations. The forms will have to be countersigned by the parent(s) / guardian. The parent (s) / guardian will have to meet the WARDEN and PRINCIPAL along with the ward, at the time of admission.
3. Your admission to the Hostel is provisional until you undergo a medical examination conducted by the Hostel doctor. Any history of chronic ailments should be mentioned in the Student's Health Record provided. Admission to the Hostel will be confirmed only after certification by the doctor.
4. The Education in the University is completely free of cost. The student will have to pay only the boarding charges in one instalment at the time of joining the Hostel. The charges are Rs.7,500 per year. A Caution Deposit of Rs. 500 per student is collected at the time of admission. The Caution Deposit is refundable as and when the student leaves the University.
5. The amount should be paid by demand draft only. Demand drafts must be drawn on the following banks only:

1. State Bank of India, Kadugodi. (Code: 5376)
2. Canara Bank, Sri Sathya Sai Branch, Kadugodi. (Code: 2727)

• Demand Drafts on other banks and other branches of State bank of India and Canara Bank will not be accepted.

• Cheques of any kind also will not be accepted.

6. The Hostel adopts a dividing system of accounting, which facilitates an equal division of hostel expenditure among all the residents. Deficit or Surplus if any will be charged at the end of the semester.

7. The students must open their personal savings bank accounts with a minimum balance of Rs.500, with Canara Bank, Sri Sathya Sai Branch, Kadugodi. The Hostel Office will arrange to open the accounts with the bank during the first week of June. Students are strictly advised not to keep too much cash with them.

8. Each student will be allocated a cupboard and chair in a room with 10 to 12 other students. The student will have to keep all his personal belongings and study material and books in the cupboard allotted. The students are advised to keep their cupboards locked when they are not in the rooms.
9. The Hostel has the facility of a general store adjacent to it. The Sri Sathya Sai University Consumer's Co-operative Society Limited is a co-operative society of which all students will be members. The students can purchase all their daily requirements from the stores. Any other items like textbooks etc., can also be procured through the Co-operative Society.
10. Other facilities provided in the Hostel include:

1. Laundry facility (in the mornings every alternate day)
2. Telephone facility (including STD and ISD)
3. Photocopying facility
4. Computer facility
5. Library and reading room (ennobling literature - books and magazines)
6. Dispensary
7. Hair cutting saloon
8. Tailoring facility

The hostel campus is self-sufficient in every way. The students are not allowed to move out of the campus for any reason.

11. The Hostel dispensary is attached to the Sri Sathya Sai General Hospital, Whitefield and Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Whitefield. All medical care for the students is provided totally free of cost. Dr. Ramkumar, of the Sri Sathya Sai General Hospital is available for consultation in the mornings between 8.00 a.m. and 9.00 a.m., for consultation on all Tuesdays and Fridays.
12. Students can make telephone calls to their parents through the in house telephone facility provided in the hostel, during specified timings. Possession of personal mobile phones is NOT PERMITTED. The parents can also call their wards between 7.00 a.m. and 9.00 a.m. and 4.00.p.m. and 6.00.p.m. on working days on the following numbers - 080 (STD CODE) - 28452233, 28453672 and 25917612. Parents are requested not to call their wards during the study hours between 8.00 p.m. and 9.30 p.m.
13. The Sri Sathya Sai Hostels act as training grounds for developing a strong wholesome personality. The healthy practice of community living helps the students to develop the virtues of adjustment and self-reliance. The students under the guidance of the resident teachers manage all the major activities of the hostel. Each of the departments has a teacher-in-charge with students attached to it. The various departments for self-reliance activities in the Hostel include - the dispensary, the audio-visuals, the maintenance department, telephones, dietetics, kitchen, photocopying facility, library etc.
14. Early to bed and early to rise is a good habit. All students will have to retire to bed by 10.15 p.m. every night.
15. Every student must equip himself with the following essential items at the time of joining the hostel:

1. At least four (4) pairs of white dresses
2. Two sets of track suits
3. Bedding with blanket and bed spreads
4. Bucket and Mug
5. Plate, tumbler and spoon
6. A pair of sports shoes (Canvas or any other type)
7. Warm clothing like sweater, shawl etc., for the winter.

Students can procure the above items from the co-operative society also.

16. Students are required not to bring expensive items like cameras, video-cameras etc. Use of electronic gadgets like MP3 players, ipods, mobile phones etc. is strictly prohibited. Parents / Guardians are requested to ensure that their wards do not get any such gadgets with them to the hostel.
17. Students must submit eight (8) recent passport size and eight (8) stamp size photographs taken in formal white dress, with well-groomed hair, short sideburns and clean shaven face. Photographs in colour dress will not be accepted. The photographs will be used for the records of the University, Hostel and bank.
18. Students are required to submit the following certificates in original at the University Office latest by 25^th June 2008:

Transfer Certificate, Conduct Certificate and Xth and XIIth Class Marks Statements.

Failure to comply with the above will result in the cancellation of admission to the University.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE Xth CLASS MARKS STATEMENT MUST BE SUBMITTED IN THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE AT THE TIME OF ADMISSION ON 31.05.2008.

19. Parents / Guardians are expected to meet the Warden and Principal at Brindavan, at least once every semester to apprise themselves of the overall development of the ward.
    

SRI SATHYA SAI HOSTEL, BRINDAVAN

DISCPLINARY REGULATIONS

Maximum importance is attached to discipline in the Hostel. Students are to note that on matters of discipline, the hostel authorities are extremely strict. Every student is required to carefully read the rules and regulations given below and strive earnestly to put them into practice.

1. All the students will have to take part in the daily spiritual routine consisting of early morning prayers, meditation, bhajans, night prayer etc., in the Hostel.
2. The first step in discipline is silence. Students are strictly forbidden from indulging in idle chat and indecent loud talk.
3. Mutual courtesy, gentlemanly behaviour and decent unostentatious dress habits are to be cultivated. Sporting of long hair and sideburns is strictly forbidden.
4. Visitors are not allowed to enter the Hostel premises. Parents and relatives of the students may visit their wards between 7.30 a.m. and 9.00 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. and 6.00 p.m. on working days and between 8.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. on holidays.
5. Attendance at classes, prayer sessions, tests, examinations and other programmes in the University is compulsory.
6. Social service is one of the important features of the University. Active participation in social service prescribed by the authorities is mandatory.
7. The practice of students wanting to go out of the Hostel premises for various reasons on working days or holidays is strongly discouraged. Overnight stay outside the hostel is forbidden. Students are sent home only during the vacations at the end of the semester after examinations. However in the event of a student's presence being absolutely necessary at home, the parent should write to the Warden for permission and grant of leave and the student can leave for home if the permission is given.
8. The students may possess apart from textbooks, only literature of an elevating nature. Any other literature and magazines are strictly forbidden.
9. The use of mobile phones, MP3 players, ipods, radios, transistors, tape-recorders and other electronic gadgets is strictly prohibited.

VIOLATION OF RULES

There is no compromise on the issue of discipline. Any violation of the rules stated above and also those communicated to the students orally from time to time, will be seriously dealt with by a warning in the first instance and later with expulsion from Hostel. Expulsion from Hostel will amount to expulsion from the University.

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